Inger Bråtveit (born 3 October 1978) is a Norwegian novelist and

children's writer Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

. Bråtveit was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

, and grew up in

Suldal Suldal is a municipality in the northeast corner of Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. Since 1965, the administrative centre of Suldal is the village of Sand i Ryfylke (prior to that it was the villa ...

. She made her literary debut in 2001 with the novel ''Munn mot ein frosen fjord''. For this novel she was awarded the

Nynorsk Literature Prize The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect. The award is presented for the best novel, poetry, novellas, or drama in the past year. ...

in 2002. Her second novel was ''Siss og Unn'' from 2008, where the central characters are taken from

Tarjei Vesaas Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II. Biography Vesaas ...

' novel '' The Ice Palace''. The poetry collection ''Loveprosjekt'' from 2009 was a collaboration with the Swedish poet Cecilia Hansson. Her first children's book is ''Kven er snillast av mor og far?'' from 2012. She was awarded ''Bjørnsonstipendet'' in 2009, and ''Suldal Mållags Målpris'' in 2010.

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1978 births Living people Writers from Bergen People from Suldal 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian children's writers 21st-century Norwegian poets Norwegian women poets Norwegian women novelists Norwegian women children's writers 21st-century Norwegian women writers {{norway-writer-stub